SA Special Editions

Mathematicians have found a new kind of shape with connections to nature and art

Mathematicians describe the most beautiful and beguiling forms and surfaces they know

Topology, sometimes called rubber sheet geometry, is finding patterns in the brain, drugs and evolution

Plato was right: newborns do math

Math helps to randomly select the fairest citizens’ assemblies since antiquity

The quest for the einstein tile—a shape never seen before in mathematics—turned up even more discoveries than mathematicians counted on

Imaginary numbers—the square roots of negative numbers—are an inescapable part of quantum theory, a study shows

Better predictions of how cracks grow can make machines and structures more reliable

That prime numbers and powers of 2 fascinate many people comes as no surprise. In fact, all numbers split into two camps: interesting and boring